Fringe File 2018, #3 – INTERVIEW: On the Creation of Not Fair, My Lady! Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - July 10, 2018July 9, 2018 The company for Colleen Somerville Productions' Not Fair, My Lady! One of the original musicals in the 2018 Minnesota Fringe Festival lineup is the catchingly named Not Fair, My Lady! Its marketing copy reads "It's 2018 and misogyny is alive and well on Broadway. And in the world. Everywhere. Let's...sing about it!
PREVIEW: The Best Summer Ever! Yes? (Children’s Theatre Company) Arts Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 9, 2018 Kevin Kling and Victor Zupanc "pondering" the Children's Theatre Company production of The Best Summer Ever! Photo by Kaitlin Randolph. It's been a long time since Osseo native Kevin Kling's autobiographical solo play Home and Away took him to New York City and back. It also went to a few other
Fringe File 2018, #2 – INTERVIEW: Amber Bjork’s Musical Walk through a Bloodbath in Blood Nocturne Arts Music Theatre by Basil Considine - July 9, 2018August 13, 2019 Emily Dussault as Báthory Erzsébet (Elizabeth Bathory) in The Winding Sheet Outfit's production of Blood Nocturne. Báthory Erzsébet, or Elizabeth Bathory as she's more commonly known in English, holds an infamous title: history's most prolific murderess. A Hungarian noblewoman, Countess Bathory (1562-1614) was arrested by a royal agent on December 30,
Fringe File 2018, #1 – Intro to Fringe Fest & Family Fringe Arts Dance Music Theatre by Hanne Appelbaum - July 8, 2018July 9, 2018 A collage of promotional images for the 2018 Minnesota Fringe Festival. One week ago, Minnesota Fringe released the schedule for its 25th Annual Fringe Festival and the inaugural, concurrent Family Fringe. Since then, a certain breed of Fringe fans has been poring over the schedule and show list, planning everything from
REVIEW: Classic Rockin’ Gals in Beehive: The 60s Musical (Old Log Theatre) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - July 6, 2018July 7, 2018 The Ensemble (Grace Chermak, Gracie Kay Anderson, Erin Nicole Farsté, Kiko Laureano, Leslie Vincent, Emilee Hassanzadeh, and Allyson Tolbert) gets ready to go-go in the Old Log Theatre's production of Beehives: The 60s Musical. Photo courtesy of the Old Log Theatre. The purpose of a musical revue is generally to showcase two things:
Fringe 2018: Coverage Roundup Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 1, 2018July 10, 2018 A collage made from promotional show images from the 2018 Minnesota Fringe Festival. This landing page consolidates all of the Arts Reader's coverage for the 2018 Minnesota Fringe Festival. New interviews, features, previews, and reviews will appear here automatically when published.
REVIEW: John Fogerty & ZZ Top (Treasure Island) Arts Music by Brian Bix - June 30, 2018July 1, 2018 A promotional photo of ZZ Top sporting their trademark beards. For a few years at the end of the 1960s and the beginning of the 1970s, Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR), was the most popular rock band in the United States. With John Fogerty as lead singer and primary songwriter, CCR was a band
REVIEW: Thomasina Petrus Shines in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill (Jungle Theater) Arts Music Theatre by Bev Wolfe - June 29, 2018June 29, 2018 Many jazz greats passed away long before I could see them. Billie Holiday, also known as Lady Day, was among the greatest of the jazz greats. I never had an opportunity to see Billie Holiday sing live, but I suspect that Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill is the
REVIEW: Run, Do Not Walk, to Love Never Dies (Orpheum/Hennepin Theatre Trust) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - June 28, 2018June 29, 2018 Meghan Picerno as Christine Daaé in the national tour of Love Never Dies. Photo by Joan Marcus. If you have any interest in Phantom of the Opera, you should go see Love Never Dies. If you're interested in musicals but not super into Phantom of the Opera, you should probably see
REVIEW: Stylized New West Side Story Beauty to Behold (Guthrie Theater) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - June 27, 2018June 27, 2018 The cast of the Guthrie Theater’s production of West Side Story. Photo by T Charles Erickson. The Guthrie Theater's new production of the classic musical West Side Story is many things. The heavily stylized production is brilliantly adapted to the Wurtele Thrust Stage, features sparkling new choreography by Maija Garcia, and